Application Process

NOTE: Applicant information for 2019 - 2020 has now been updated and is available for use as of December 21st, 2018.

Student Selection Screenings for the 2019 - 2020 school year begin with the first screening day on Saturday, March 2nd, 2019. The second and final screening day will be Saturday, April 6th, 2019. Applicants needed to participate in one of these two screening day options in order to be considered for entering TVMSC for the 2019 - 2020 school year.

To support families in learning more about TVMSC, the Center hosts two Orientation Nights for families who are considering TVMSC as an educational option for their child. Orientation Nights provide an overview of the TVMSC 7th - 12th cohort program and the Student Selection process. There is an opportunity to have questions addressed and an opportunity to visit with current TVMSC students and staff. Families also have the opportunity to visit the classrooms.

The first Orientation Night is held on Thursday, February 28th, 2019 from 7:00 - 8:30 PM.
The final Orientation Night is held on Thursday, April 4th, 2019 from 7:00 - 8:30 PM.

TVMSC does not provide tours or classroom visits on a drop in basis in order to avoid disruptions to the educational process.

Forms that are required to be submitted to TVMSC's Office from all New Applicants for 2019 - 2020 included:

Forms for Current or Returning TVMSC students only:Current and former (but returning) TVMSC students in good standing do not need to retest, but each current student's performance and conduct will be reviewed. Current students will complete an online Application to Return at the Center in mid-January. The deadline for submitting the Application to Return will be February 8th, 2019. We ask all current students to complete and submit one of the Application to Return forms stating whether they intend to continue with TVMSC in the 2019-2020 school year.

Updated 'Application to Return Forms' are for current or former TVMSC students to submit to return to TVMSC in 2019 - 2020. These updated forms will be available in January, 2019.

Application to Return for 2019-2020 in 7th - 9th Cohorts (for current or returning student use only)

Application to Return for 2019-2020 in 10th - 12th Cohorts (for current or returning student use only)

Steps involved in the Student Selection Process for TVMSC:

There are two Student Selection Screening Days for applicants who wished to enter TVMSC for the 2019-2020 school year. The applicants screen on one of the following dates: Saturday, March 2nd, 2019 or Saturday, April 6th, 2019. Screening will begin at 8:00 AM and will finish about 11:00 AM. To reserve a space for this screening day, please submit an ‘Intent to Test’ form (linked above on this site) to TVMSC by e-mail or fax. There is no advantage to taking an earlier or later screening day. All applicant portfolios were held until late April and then will be reviewed at the same time at the end of April 2018. The information linked above becomes information that is used to create the Student Applicant’s Portfolio. Please provide this information to Stacy.Rogers@boiseschools.org or by fax to (208) 854-6801.

No results will be shared from the two screening dates until both screenings have been completed. Applicants will be brought into TVMSC based upon their overall ranking and based upon the contents of the portfolios. Students not selected from the two Screening Dates may be placed onto a temporary Wait List (listed according to their overall ranking) so that if a space opens up, the next person from this list will be invited to join the program. Those applicants not invited for 2019 - 2020 will be advised to wait a year and to reapply at that time. TVMSC generally has about 100 - 120 more applicants than they have space for each year.

The Student Selection Committee reviews the Applicant Portfolios for each of the applicants who participated on one of the two Student Selection Screening Days only once they have all of the required materials in their applicant portfolios. Incomplete portfolios are not given consideration. (TVMSC's Student Selection Committee needs to have the applicant screening test scores, copies of the last two years' report cards and the Teacher Recommendation Forms and Adult Advocate Recommendation Forms actually in the portfolio for the student to be considered).

All applicants from the two Screening Days are reviewed and considered at the same time in late April.

For the 2019 - 2020 school year, there will not be a Late Screening Date or a Summer Screening date, as the available spaces will be filled from the March and April screenings.

There are two Open House/Orientation Nights for families who are interested in learning more about the TVMSC program as an option for their child(ren). Open House/Orientation Nights were held on the Thursday evenings immediately preceding each of the two Student Selection Screening Dates ( on February 28th and April 4th) at Riverglen Jr High/TVMSC from 7:00 - 8:30 PM. These events provide an overview of the program and addresses many questions that families have when considering TVMSC as an educational option for their children. Families were able to tour the classrooms and speak with current TVMSC students at these events.

Individual tours, classroom visits or opportunities to shadow current students will not be available separate of the Orientation Nights in order to preserve the focus and integrity of our instructional programs throughout the Student Selection process. Typically, TVMSC will screen 250 - 300 applicants each spring. The requests to tour and visit separate of the Orientation Nights proved very disruptive to our classes.

To reserve a space for your child at one of the Screening Days, please submit the Intent to Test form to TVMSC's office. (Linked above) Also fill out and submit the Student Data packet to the TVMSC office. This information will be used to create the Student Applicant’s Portfolio. Stacy.Rogers@boiseschools.org or by fax to (208) 854-6801.

Distribute Teacher Recommendation Forms found in the Student Data Packet to the applicant's teachers during the current school year prior to screening for TVMSC. Information on these forms is confidential. Once the Teachers and Adult Advocates complete the recommendation forms, the documents should be turned in to their current school’s counselor no later than 2 weeks from testing so that counselors can have those documents sent to the TVMSC office prior to the meeting of the Student Selection Committee. If your family is applying from out-of-state, the forms may be mailed directly to TVMSC by the applicant's family or by the teachers.

Placement testing for all applicants will be administered from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM on each of the two test dates at Riverglen Junior High School, 6801 N. Gary Lane, Boise. Submission of the Intent to Test forms to TVMSC's Office will reserve a space for applicants for one of these test dates. Applicants only need to attend one of the two dates. Space on each of the screening/test dates for Student Selection Screening is limited to the first 150 applicants for that date.

Out-of-state applicants should attempt to attend one of the two screening dates (March or April) as it is anticipated that all spaces will be assigned to interested and qualified applicants from those two dates.

Schools of incoming TVMSC 2019-2020 students will be informed in May 2019 as to which students have been accepted into TVMSC for the upcoming 2019 - 2020 school year.

Actual student selection will be conducted when the Student Selection Committee meets in the final week of April 2019.

Only applicants who have all of the required forms submitted and testing completed will have their portfolios considered by the Student Selection Committee in April. Incomplete portfolios will be held until complete, but they may miss consideration by the Student Selection Committee in the late April meeting.

Notification of acceptance for the successful incoming students will occur in mid-May. Please be certain that the TVMSC office has correct, legible and up-to-date address and e-mail information for your family!

For students to enter TVMSC for the 7th Cohort (the lowest entry level of the Center), they need to have completed all levels of Pre-algebra so that they are fully prepared to enter the Center and take Integrated Algebra 1. This course is the first high school credit bearing mathematics course that students take within Boise School District. It begins their official GPA and it will appear on their high school graduation transcript.

Prior to being able to enter TVMSC and take Integrated I - Algebra 1, students will complete Honors Math 6 and then either 2 years of Accelerated Math 7 and Accelerated Pre-algebra 8 or they may opt to take one year of this same content in a very compacted form in the course called 'Compacted Math 7/8.' After either completing Compacted Math 7/8 or Accelerated Pre-algebra 8, they are ready to enter TVMSC and take the 7th cohort classes (and Integrated I - Algebra 1).

Boise School District does offer Compacted Math 7/8 in summer school each year but only for students who have already tested to enter TVMSC and have been accepted to join the program.

Note: There will be no exceptions to this requirement. Each school year, TVMSC has needed to exit students during semester 1 due to the gaps in their foundational understandings of Pre-algebra and their struggles with the pacing, complexity and content of the Integrated Algebra 1 courses. In the best interest of each of our students, we require that all students entering TVMSC for 7th cohort will have completed all possible levels of Pre-algebra prior to entering the Center.

What if the Application Deadline is Missed?

Documents received after the submission deadline of two weeks following testing will be added to the student portfolios but the students will be added to the waiting list pending a possible final Student Selection meeting, but this will only be for placing students onto a Waiting List.

Notification of Decision

After completing the Student Selection Process (Participated on one of the screening days and submitted all required forms for the portfolio) students will be informed of the Selection Committee's decision in late-May 2019. Students will either be invited to join the program, be asked to complete a summer mathematics course to address any identified gaps in background, or will be asked to wait at least a year to address areas that could compromise their potential for success in the program prior to re-screening.

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